Firefighters continue to battle nearly two dozen wildfires blazing in California.
Firefighters continued to gain ground Sunday against the nearly two dozen wildfires blazing in California — including the two complex fires in the San Francisco Bay Area that have burned more than 750,000 acres and forced hundreds of thousands of evacuations.
The LNU Lightning Complex Fire, which began Aug. 17, has burned 375,209 acres, destroyed over 1,200 homes and killed five people, according toThat's not good in a pandemic A third complex fire near Santa Cruz, the CZU, had burned nearly 85,000 acres and was 35% contained as of Sunday afternoon.
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